Reversible stove



Jan. 13,1931. A. H. TINNERMAN 1,783,643

REVERSIBLE STOVE Filed Jan. 26, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 I a. 8 Q o '5 a yK I f l/ Q 16.

4 FIE-E Jan. 13, 1931. A. H. TINNERMAN REVERSIBLE STOVE Filed Jan. 26,1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 FIE E Patented Jan. 13, 1931 ALBERT H. TINNEBMAN,OF CLEVELAND, OHIO REVERSIBLE s'rovn Application filed January 26, 1929.Serial No. 885,828.

This invention relates in general to reversible stoves and while theinvention is hereinafter more fully explained 1n connec- .tion with agas stove, it will be mamfest that other heatingmediums may readily beployed, as, for example, electricity or oil.

A principal object of the resent invention is the provision of a stoveaving the usual burner for open cooking and having also oven and broilerparts which may be in stalled at will as a right or left hand stove, ormay have its parts separated and located in different parts of the samekitchen as particular conditions and space. arra ment render desirable.

, all nge- Another important object of the invention is the provision ofa stove constructed of divisible units as the burner box, asunit, andthe oven and broiler as a sec which may be erected in desired hand stoveassembly without need of viding a fixed frame for the purpose and whichon the other hand will merely require two one 0nd,

right orleft prothat the two parts be connected together in simplefashion and the whole supported upon legs attached directly to theexposed corners or ends of the assembly.

Anotherimportant object of the invention roviding e easily is theprovislon of means for heating medium, whlch w1ll adapted to all of thearrangements of which a the construction is ca able.

Numerous other 0 jects and advant ages of the invention will be apparentas it is better understood from the following scription', which, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, dlscloses a preferredembodiment thereof,

' Referring to therdrawings, Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of a stove madein accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection taken through the stove adjacent the. plane of connectionbetween the burner box and oven box; Fig. 3 is a perspective view takenfrom the front of the stove and showing the-parts as yet -uncon-'nected; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a stove withthe parts connectedto make a left-hand stove; Fig. 5 is a front elevation showing the partsconnected to make a right-hand st tion, Ihave shown on the drawing twoseparate stove parts indicated by reference characters 11 and 12. Thepart 11 is a combined oven and broiler part, which may have any usual orpreferred construction, and the part 12 similarly is a burner box parthaving the usual open burners 13 and warming shelf 14. Each of theseparts is complete in itself and is provided at its bottom with a 'relatively heavy hand or reinforcing member 15. Each said part isconstructed for attach ment to a similar portion of the band of thecompanion part at each corner and to'suit-' able stove legs or tosuitable stove legs only. I This provision for the joining of the .stoveparts to each other or to the legs consists 7 in two apertures 16arranged on each face adjacent the corner. Stove legs are indicated at17 of any usual or preferred construction, adapted however, forengagement with four openings 16'at a corner, two of such openings ashasbeen mentioned being located at the meeting faces of the stove. Bolts18, as indicated in Fig. 3, are rovided to hold either the stove legs ortie stove parts to ether when arranged through manner, the boltsextending through the opening 16 atkthe fourcorners of the resultinassemblage.

he stove may be reversed so-that the burn'erbox is the right of the ovenart by 05 removing all the bolts mentioned an bringing the exposed sideface of the burner box up against the hidden side face of the oven part,bolts threadedthrough the aligned openings,- then will of the tightassemblage of the unit in the 0 posite or reversed relation of itsparts. S imilarly then the legs may be positioned upon the exposedcorners of the resulting assembly to support the stove in service.

It is thought unnecessary to fasten the adjacent stove sides to eachother exce t at the bottom because the arrangement of the legs on thetwo parts at thelr outer sides tends to bring the tops of the parts intotight engagement by gravity andthe tension upon the bolts extendingthrough the openings 16 is all that is needed to rigidly assemble theconstruction. Of course, other and additional fastening means may beemployed if desired.

Each one of these stove parts is so constructed therefore, as to permitof the arrangement of four legs for each part and their separateerection in different parts of the same room or, for that matter, indifferent localities entirely, merely by attaching four supports to thecorner of the particular stove part in the manner already described forattaching them at two corners.

The stove shown in the drawings of this application employs gas as aheating medlum. To permit satisfactory connection of the gas conduits onthe burner box and oven when they are connected together as a unit,

' I have shown the burner box as having two conduits 20 and 21 whichextend across the box from the rear to the front thereof and areconnected together at the front by a manifold 22. Where the top isconnected for a left-hand stove, the conduit 20 is connected to thesupply line and the conduit 21 is connected to a manifold 23'at the rearof the oven. The oven manifold extends across the back of the oven andwhen connected at one end of the pipe 21, has the other end closed by acap 24. When the connections are made for a right-hand stove, the pipe21 is connected to the supply line while the pipe 20 is connected to theoven manifold.

The connection for the oven thermostat extends beyond the back of theoven near the base thereof and is provided with a s rocket wheel 25which is connected by a ciiain 26 to another sprocket wheel 27 in thecase of a right-hand stove. This wheel is attached to the stem of avalve 28 which is connected in the manifold between the oven outlet andthe source of supply. In

' case of a left-hand stove, the chain is passed over a wheel 29 whichis attached to a stem cooking s ace is desired. A further advantage o myinvention is the fact that the burner box and oven may be readilyconnected together in an expeditious manner without the necessity for arigid base which is attached to the supporting legs.

I claim:

l. A stove comprising a combined oven part and a burner box part ada tedto be reversibly arranged in adjacent re ationship, each of said partsbeing provided with a heating medium supply means, and one of the partsincluding a conduit having two valves, a gas supply control member andmeans for selectively connecting the member to either of said valves.

2. A stove comprising a plurality of boxlike parts, having burnerstherein and adapted to be reversibly arranged in adjacent relationship,each of said parts being provided with a heating medium sup ly means,one of said parts including a condhit having two valves, a gas supplycontrol member located adjacent the vertical mid portion of one of theparts, and means for operatively connecting the member to either of saidvalves.

3. A stove, comprising a combined oven part and a-burner box partadapted to be arranged in adjacent relationship, each of said partsbeing provided with a heating medium supply means, the supply means onthe oven part including a conduit extending across the part and'at therear thereof, and the supply means on the burner box including a conduitextending across the part and at the front thereof, said parts beingadapted to be interconnected by a conduit extendmg from the front to therear of the stove,

the oven part conduit having a valve disposed therein, a as supplycontrol mem-, ber positioned ad acent the mid-portion of the oven part,and operating means for connecting the member with said valve.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afi'ix my signature.

ALBERT H. TINNERMAN.

of. valve 30. It is desirable to have a valve on each side of the gasoutlet to insure positive control of the gas under the action of thethermostat. 'By virtue of the gas connections, my invention'isapplicable for enabling the burner box to be supported independently ofthe oven and that a plurality of burner boxes may be connected togetherto a. common oven in cases where additional

